Coin-controlled device.



P. MERKLB.

G01N OONTROLLBD DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1913. 1,109,690, Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

m @J Wzl W P ATTORNEY.

PAUL MERKIIE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYITANIA.

coIN-colvTnoLtED DEvicE.

.Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. s, 1'e1`4.

Appueatien ned my 2s, 191s. seal mi noms.

,Be it lmown that I, PAL MEiKLE, citizeri ef the Uited states, regie-ing et hiledeiphia', the county of Philadelphia and State of Pe n'SyIVama', hzive invented certlin new and1 useful inpro'vemeiitsA in Cin- Contrelled Devices, of which the fllwn'g is a Speeifieetien. y

My invention relates to effin-controlled de vices adapted to receive a' true cin and deliver it te an operating p sition and .to rejec false coins a'nd preven their delii-'ery to the operating position.

The object of I'Iiy invention is t'o' provide a coin-controlled device of novel, Simple and fiicient construction, having provision,` first, whereby a true coin Icarried by a irivalble lind operated part or coin czirrier mey be delivered to th'e operating position in' the machine which the coin is ,to` peiate'; seeondly, whereby the, coin carrier may be prevented from movin outwardly te its tward normalv psitlon fter it lids been ni'ved inwardly a. predetermined distaiice with coin and until the coin has' been diselieged from the carrier; thirdly, whereby fils'e 'coins under a predetermined size may be prevented from reaching the a'id operating position; fourthl'y, where y false coins of magnetic metal may be prevented i 'om reaching the said operating position;

tlhly,l whereby false coins having liole's therein nay be prevented from' reaching the said eperating osition; siX'thly, vheieby all false coins w1li)be discharged in o the machine to which my improved device is applied and will not be returned td the person operating the device; and, seventhly, whereby variou's novel operations take piece, :ill a's will be hereinafter fully escribed and claiined.

In the ii'ccompanyin v,d rawin' "s, illusii-ecig my invencin: igue 1,* s' Siae View o'f my improved'cdin-controlled device. Fig. 2', isa horizontal section thereof, on line 2-2 f Fi l. Fig. 3, is side View of the device. withl th'e front plate reindved, 'showing the coin carrier in the outermost or normal positien. Fig. 4,' is' a ijieiv simila'r to Fig. 3, showing 'the coin carrier in the innermost osition delivering a true coin to the operatlng position. Fig. 5, is a detail,

showing ortl'on of the coin carrier -nld z'dju'ncts.A Fig. 6, is a detail, showing a false coin being discharged from the coin carrier. Fig. 7, is transverse section, on line 7-7 of Fig. 3. Fig. 8, isv transverse section; on line 8 8 of Fig.' 3. Fig. 9 is a transverse seetien, en Iie' 99 ef Figi 3'.

Referiing to, tle drawings 3 designtesa bracket or sppo'rt adpted to b'e secured to the en op'eited riachine in connection with which' myde'vice is te Abe emplyed. The baclre't or support 3 is inthe oim ff an elongated body, and secured to oneside thereof; by ineans of screws 4, is a' face plate 5. Between the 3 and plate 5 is a ieffgimaieei bei e and e longitudinally faev- :ible platte 10, mounted to slide parallel to each ther'in' suitable guideways ferme'd in and between the 'support 3 and plate 5.

The bar 6' constitutes' the coin carrier, end one end thereofprojects outwardly frein the oiiter end ef the support 3 end is adapted to be operated by hand to move the bar or car- 'ier 6 from the outermost or normal position shown in Fig. 3 tothe'innermost position Shown F ig. 4c and back again. Forin'ed in the side of the carrier 6 adje"- cent. th'e plate 10 is a space oropen'iig i1 adapted to receive e coin 12. One side o'f the epeejing 11 is elesed by e wen df the carrier 6, and the other side of the opening 11 is normally closed by the adjacent face ef me prete 1o. when e true eoin 12 is withi'ii the opening 11 the` coin is 'supported by a'nd between a shoulder 13 formed on the carrier and one 'end of niember 14 which is pivoted, et 15,-` e'h the @einer e and heid normally in the p'osition shwn F ig.v 3V by the guiding fce formed on tlie bottoni of an' arxn 16 which will be hereinafter referred to.' When the carrier 6 is in the outermost positji '11', the opening 1l is registry with sl- 17 formed 1n' the support 3 and t dugh which a coin may be inserted into t "e 'openin'gl 1i. The space between the sier 13 end 'member 14 is such ther if 'e true e'in 12 be inserted, it will be siip'- prted as shown iii Figs. 3 :ind 5, nd that il :i felge ei' of Sneller diemegtei then e ti'ue' coin be inserted, the false oin will fall thrugh the' Space between the shoulder 13 end member' i4 eee from the Suppen 3 through a false-coin slot 18 therein beneath the crriei' 6. Wh'en true coin 12 has been inserted and the carrier 6 is pushed inwdiy, the inward curved end of the ineinber f4 will engage a beveled face 19011 the su'pport 3 and movethe member 14C on its pivot 15 to lower the venter end thereofsu' porting the coin 12 and thereby free the Gein4 l 12 and permit it to fall through a slot 20 in the support 3 to the devices to be operated thereby in thecoin-operated machine in connection with which my device is used 5 and which it protects.

` The coin-carrier 6 is provided with two projections 21 whichvextend into two l'longitudinal slots 22 in the adjacentA plate 101.1110A that the late 10 may be moved longitudinallywit the carrier 6, and that lost motion between the carrier 6 and plate 10 may be had; that is to say, when the carrier is moved inwardl to the position showngin Figa, the proiections 21 will rst traverse the slots 22 and then engage the inner ends thereof and move the ate 10 inwardlyto the position shown in ig. 4; and that when the carrier` 6. is moved outwardly from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position 2oA shown in.Fig. 3, the 4projections 21 will first traverse the slots .22 and then engage the outer ends thereofIk and move the platev 10 outwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3. The plate 10 is provided with a coin-receiv- 25 ing. space o'r opening 23 which, whenv the projectionsQl engage the inner ends of the Slots 22, is in reg'stry. with the coin-receiving o eni 11 in the carrier 6 and, laterally t ereo as shown in Fig. 4, so that a coin may move laterally from the opening 11 to the opening 23. In one position of the plate 10, when the openings 11 and 23 are in registry with each other, they come into registry with a horseshoe magnet 24 which is supported on the face plate 5 outwardly of the slide plate 10, as shown. When the openings .1 1 and 23 come into registry with the magnet24 and a false coin of magnetic metal in the opening 11 in the carrier-*6, the magnet 24 wi l draw the false coin from the opening 11 in the carrier 6 into the opening 23 in the slide plate 10. |I'he magnet 24 is located so that it will act to draw the false magnetic-'coin into the opening 23 before the carrierreaches the innermost p0- sition, shown in Fig. 4, thereby preventing the false magnetic coin from reaching the operative position in which it would fall from thedevice through the slot 20. `After a magnetic coin has been drawn by the magnet 24 into the opening 23 in the slide plate 10, and the carrier 6 is withdrawn to the position shown in Fig. 3, the magnetic 4coin is moved from the magnet 24, and the bottom oLthe opening 23 comes over the false-coin..slo't 18 in the support 3, and the lmagnetic coin falls from the device through the slot 18, f

I shall now ,describe the means for preventing washers therein from reaching the o rating position, `and being discharged t. rough the `true-coin slot 20. The outward end of the arm 16 is pivoted, at 25, to the sup ort 3, and the inward end of the arm 65 16 is held normally down 1n the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4' by a spring 26 having one end secured to the support. 3 and the other end secured tothe arm 16. Ar-l ranged in horizontal slots in the face plate 5 are two dogs 27 and 28 which arepivoted, at 29 and 30, respectively, on verticalrpins in a plate 31- secured to the plate 5: Thelfree ends of the dogs -27 and 28 extend toward each other and they are pressed normally toward the carrier 6 by suitable springs 32 and 33,- respectively, which are lsecured to the plate 31 and bear a. `instthe dogs. The free ends of the dogs 2 and28are adapted toV extend through. slots 34, and 35, respectively, in the slide plate 10 and to enter the coin-receiving opening y11 in the carrier 6 when the opening 11 passesl or is moved into registry with the dogs. The dog 27 isadapt ed to enter theopening 11 in the carrier 6 above the center cfa coin therein andthe dog 28 is adapted to enter the opening 11 at or a slight distance below the center .of a coin supported therein. The dog 27 extends from its pivot `29 in .the direction of .the inward movement ofthe carrier 6 and is adapted to ride over a coin or washer during inward movement of thel carrier 6, and toengage a coin or washer and prevent it from moving with the carrier when othe carrier is y moved outwardly; and the dog 28 extends from its pivot 30 in the direction of the outward movement of the carrier 6 and is adapted to ride over a washer during outward movement of the carrier, and to engage a washer and prevent it from moving with the carrier when the carrier is moved inwardl Now, if a. washer, shown at 36 in Fig. 6,. e inserted into the opening 11 and supported by the shoulder 13 and member 14, and the carrier' be moved inwardly, the free end of the dog 28 will enter the hole in the washer 36 and prevent inward movement thereof and also prevent inward movement of the carrier 6. When the carrier 6 is now moved outwardly the dog 28 will ride outo J(he hole in the washer 36, due to the location of the pivot 30 of the dog, and the free end of the dog 27 will'enter the opening 11 below the top of the washer 36 and outwardly thereof, as shown in Fig. 6'; and durin the further outward movement of the carrier 6, the dog 27 will prevent the false coin 36 from moving with the carrier and will force the washer downwardly there- .by moving the member 16 on its pivot 25 and the member 14 onits pivot 15 against the action of the spring 26, as shown in Fig. 6, until the washer 36 is freed and dro s from the device through the false coin s ot 18 in the support 3.

The coin-carrier 6 is revented from movin outwardly beyond t e position shown in Flg. 3, by the dog 27 enterin a slot 37 in the member 14 and engaging t e inner end of the slot; and inward movement of the carthe openino 11 and the carrier 6 is moved inwardly, the do 27 rides over the face of the eoiii diie to tie location of the pivot 29.

of the dor 2T, and the dog 28 also rides over the time of the coin as it is directed thereto by the t'aee of the member 14 against which the dog 28 rest-s when the carrier o is in the outermost position, as shown iii Fig. 2. l 1

The coin-carrier 6 is provided with two similarly beveled portions 39 and 40 located one above the other and in alinement with the dogs 27 and 28, respectively, in the wall of the carrier 6 at the outer end of the coinreceiviiig opening 11, so that the dogs 27 and 28 may move into and from the opening 11 at the outer end thereof during either the inward or outward movement vof the carrier 6.

My improved device hereinbefore described, is adapted to be secured to a coin operated machine by any suitable means and in such a manner that the outer or hand operated end of the carrier 6 will be exposed to be operated, and that a coin may be inserted into the slot 17 from the outside of the machine, and that all true coins passed through my device will be delivered to the slot 2Q, from which they will fall to the operating parts of the machine, and so that all false coins passed through my device will be delivered to the false-coin slot 18 from which they will fall into a suitable receptacle within the machine.

I claim:

1. In a coin-controlled device, the combination of a support, a coin carrier movable on the support and having a coin-receiving opening tiei'ein provided with an open side, aniagnet on the support, a plate movable on the support between the carrier and the magnet andhavng a coin-receiving opening, and means for causing said plate to move with Said carrier and for permitting lost motion therebetween, said coin-receiviii openings coming into registry with eaci other adjacent said magnet when moved to one position, and said coin-receiving openings being away from said magnet and said plate closing the open side of the coin-receiving` opening in the carrier when moved to another position, whereby when the said openings come into registry adjacent said magnet it may drawa magnetic coin from the openingr in the carrier to the opening in the plate, and whereby dui-inv a subsequent movement of the plate away iirom the magnet the magnetic coin may be discharged from the opening iii the plate.

2. In n coin-controlled device, the combination of a support, a coin cai'rier movable on the support and having a coin-receiving opening therein provided with an open side, a magnet on the support, a plate movable on the support between the carrier and the magnet and havin a coin-receiving opening, and a pin projecting from said carrier and into a slot. formed in said plate, said pin causing said plate to move with said carrier and said slot permitting lost motion between tlie plate and the carrier, said coinreceiving openings coming into registry with each other adjacent said magnet when moved to one position, and said coin-receiving openings beingaway from said magnet and said-plate closing the open side of the coin-receiving opening in the carrier when moved to another position, whereby when the openings come into registry adjacent said magnet it may draw a magnetic coin from the opening in the carrier to the opening in the plate, and whereby duringasubsequent movement of the plate away from the magnet the magnetic coin may be discharged from the opening in the plate.

In testimony whereof l aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- PAUL MERKLE. Witnesses:

S. I. HARPER, A. V. GROUPE. 

